crunch numbers



crunch numbers

Perform numerous calculations or process a large amount of numerical data. For example, Preparing John's presentation to the Federal Reserve Board required many hours of crunching numbers . This term originated with the computer age and indeed still applies mostly to the operations of computers. [Slang; second half of 1900s]
See also: crunch, number

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sadaf-Arabic
Paraskevas-Greek, Late Greek
Kayin (1)-Western African, Yoruba
Edytae-DI-tahPolish
Ove-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pooja-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Nepali